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Table 2 Sample characteristics dependent on IL-6 -174 C/G genotype

From: Interleukin-6 gene (IL-6): a possible role in brain morphology in the healthy adult brain

 

CC (N = 43)

CG (N = 150)

GG (N = 100)

p-value, according to χ²-test (df = 2) or ANOVA (F2,290)

Age

34.6 ± 12.3

34.0 ± 12.3

31.8 ± 10.4

0.25

Sex (m/f)

19/24

61/89

42/58

0.92

Verbal IQ1

119.1 ± 13.8

118.3 ± 12.1

118.1 ± 11.9

0.92

Education years

15.0 ± 2.4

14.8 ± 2.1

14.7 ± 2.1

0.82

STAI trait2

31.0 ± 6.7

32.8 ± 6.3

32.3 ± 6.8

0.32

BDI

2.2 ± 3.0

2.3 ± 2.7

2.4 ± 2.9

0.93

  1. 1Assessed with the Mehrfachwahl-Wortschatz test (multiple-choice vocabulary test; Lehrl, 1995), data from N = 230 subjects available. 2 State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, data from N = 258 subjects available. 3 Beck Depression Inventory, data from N = 283 subjects available.